1979 Topps #194 Randy Jones
About Randy Jones
The 1979 season brought Jones an 11-12 record and a 3.63 ERA in 263 innings. He made 39 starts, completed six and struck out 112. At the plate he hit .174 in 86 at-bats. His card in that year's Topps set is #194, shown with San Diego.
Randy Jones was a left-handed sinkerball pitcher who won the 1976 National League Cy Young Award with the San Diego Padres. A fifth-round pick in 1972 out of Chapman College, he reached the majors in June 1973 after minor-league pitching instructor Warren Hacker taught him a new sinker grip. He lived on location, groundballs and quick work, and finished ten seasons at 100-123 with a 3.42 ERA. In 1975 he became the first 20-game winner in Padres history and finished second to Tom Seaver in the Cy Young vote. In 1976 he started the All-Star Game and tied Christy Mathewson's NL record by pitching 68 innings without a walk. He severed a nerve in his pitching arm in his last start of that season, and surgery ended his peak. The Padres traded him to the Mets in December 1980, and he pitched his last major league games in New York in 1982. The Padres retired his number 35 in 1997, and he was part of the inaugural Padres Hall of Fame class in 1999. He later coached young pitchers, Barry Zito among them, and died in 2025.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 66 | 9 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1979 Topps #194 card?
It is card #194 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Randy Jones of the San Diego Padres.
How many cards are in the 1979 Topps Baseball set?
726 cards, numbered 1 through 726 with none skipped and issued as a single series, tracked as 727 collectible states: #369 Bump Wills comes with a Rangers or a Blue Jays team banner, and the master set counts both.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-25.